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WCC 2020 Res 030 - Activity Report

Submitted by vidala on Fri, 12/13/2024 - 20:57
General Information
Enhancing the resilience of coastal areas in the face of climate change, biodiversity crisis and rapid coastal development
IUCN Constituent: 
IUCN Washington DC Office
IUCN Constituent type: 
IUCN Secretariat
Period covered: 
2024
Geographic scope: 
European Union (EU)
Mediterranean Sea
Country/Territory: 
France
Greece
Spain
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
IUCN Commissions: 
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2021-2025 (CEM)
IUCN Secretariat: 
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations: 
The BiodivEarth Association
Implementation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescriptionStatus
Capacity-buildingo Transmission and sharing of existing know-how between advanced and less developed management schemes and support the emergence of innovative solutions for building greater resilience in management schemes (exchange visits gathering different stewards; online exchanges between stewards, technical and financial support to management schemes’ improvement …) (future action)On-going
Convene stakeholders/Networkingo Development of a Community of Practice (CoP) of stewards (ongoing action): the Community of Practice will convene stewards of effective management schemes. Criteria development (with global consultation of experts) / on-site validation / CoP facilitation o Dissemination of key solutions, project findings and scaling-up of lessons from local models through collaboration with global initiatives (thematic networks, global organizations, global platforms…) (future action) On-going
Education/Communication/Raising awarenesso Representation of the project including stewards (through conferences) to give more visibility to the stewards’ work and the project findings (future action) o Promote the Community of Practice on the Restor platform towards expanding it (future action) o Capture and disseminate of lessons learnt from the project (future action) o Production of communication content on salient points of the project (future action) On-going
Field activitieso Supporting the stewards in extracting elements of resilience from their own management models (future action) o Supporting the stewards to bring the resilience of their models one step further based on experience from other stewards and results of the research (future action): starting with a small group of Lighthouse schemes On-going
Fundraisingo Development of a financing mechanism to support Biodivearth and the Community of Practice in the long run. This mechanism (potentially through service providing) could be articulated around diagnosing resilience of management schemes and providing solutions to improve their level of resilience (future action) o Support to stewards fundraising, especially facilitating connection with global initiatives and donors that could support them (future action) On-going
Policy influencing/advocacyo Support the stewards from the Community of Practice in their policy and advocacy work at local as dictated by the needs of the project (future action) o When opportunity arises, contribute to policy development on the theme of resilience at national and global level collaborating with networks and initiatives (for example through the research results) (future action) On-going
Scientific/technical activitieso Identifying existing tools and research initiatives tackling resilience of management schemes in the framework of the project development (on-going action) o Extracting keys of resilience (future action): collaboration will be established between the Stewards and Research organisations to understand the key factors contributing to the resilience of the lighthouse schemes, pulling data from the CoP sites themselves and from other sites worldwide o Publication of results in peer-reviewed journals (future action) On-going
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken: 
Organization: The BiodivEarth association is a not-for-profit organization created and based in Switzerland. Its vision is a world where human societies and nature thrive, nurturing one another in a respectful and sustainable manner. The mission of the association consists in accelerating the delivery of existing conservation efforts and initiatives towards halting then reversing biodiversity loss, with a medium-term objective of contributing to the 2030 CBD targets. Project overview: BiodivEarth’s project “Building resilience in high biodiversity areas for nature and people” aims to strengthen the resilience of effective management schemes in areas of high biodiversity, with a view to maintain diverse socio-ecological landscapes and seascapes over the long run. Within the scope of this project, we define a management scheme as resilient if it can consistently achieve over time its intended results while maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem functions and sustaining local socio-economic and cultural dynamics. The project will develop a Community of Practice (CoP) convening the stewards of effective management schemes. Original to this proposal is the
Identify and briefly describe what future actions are planned for the implementation of this Resolution: